EP0777914B1 - Opercule pour cellule electrochimique - Google Patents

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EP0777914B1
EP0777914B1 EP95929573A EP95929573A EP0777914B1 EP 0777914 B1 EP0777914 B1 EP 0777914B1 EP 95929573 A EP95929573 A EP 95929573A EP 95929573 A EP95929573 A EP 95929573A EP 0777914 B1 EP0777914 B1 EP 0777914B1
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Christopher L. Depalma
Lucien P. Fontaine
Peter Ricker Moses
Marian Wiacek
Robert A. Yoppolo
Peter Pope
Francis Bruce Tubby
Douglas J. Woodnorth
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    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/10—Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings
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    • H01M50/148—Lids or covers characterised by their shape
    • H01M50/154—Lid or cover comprising an axial bore for receiving a central current collector
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    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/10—Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings
    • H01M50/183—Sealing members
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/10—Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings
    • H01M50/183—Sealing members
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/10—Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings
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  • This invention relates to a venting seal for an electrochemical cell. More particularly, this invention relates to an electrochemical cell, such as a primary alkaline cell, sealed at one end with a seal containing an electrically nonconductive, plastic seal member having a pressure vent comprising an annular diaphragm that ruptures in shear to vent the cell if excess cell pressure develops.
  • Electrochemical cells such as alkaline primary cells, are made by filing a cylindrical metal can or container closed at one end with the active ingredients and then crimping the open end closed over a seal assembly that includes an electrically nonconductive seal member, a metal current collector and a metal end cap which serves as one of the terminals of the cell.
  • Some seal assemblies also include a metal disk which serves as a support to prevent the seal and cover from being crushed or deformed during the crimping step which achieves cell closure.
  • the seal member is generally disk or wheel-shaped and fabricated as a single piece of plastic by injection molding.
  • Japanese patent document JP-A-03089454 discloses a seal for an electrochemical cell having a centrally located, cylindrical hub joined to an outer rim by a base which includes an annular pressure vent that is rupturable under cell pressure along a thin section of the base around the central hub.
  • European patent document EP-A-538039 discloses a seal for an electrochemical cell having a centrally located, cylindrical hub joined to an outer rim by a base.
  • the base has an annular pressure vent having a thin section which extends partially around the central hub.
  • US patent document US-A-5080985 discloses a seal for an electrochemical cell having a centrally located, cylindrical hub joined to an outer rim by a base.
  • the base has an annular pressure vent having a thin section which may be around the central hub, but which is preferably around an outer part of the base to help prevent the ruptured base from flexing upwards.
  • the plastic sealing member In addition to its sealing function, the plastic sealing member must also open and vent the cell when the cell pressure exceeds a predetermined level, to avoid decrimping or violent cell rupture under abuse condition.
  • Practical vent means presently employed in plastic sealing members invariably depend on a membrane of thin plastic to rupture under the high pressure conditions.
  • Various types and configurations of vent means in plastic sealing members are disclosed, for example, in U.S. patents 3,218,197; 3,219,488; 4, 476, 200 and 5,080,985.
  • the vent means disclosed in these patents fail primarily in tension via a stretching and tearing of the membrane due to an upward movement and ballooning of the vent means under pressure. It is difficult to achieve accurate and reproducible failure in tension with a thin (e.g., 0.2 mm thick) plastic membrane.
  • the present invention relates to an electrically nonconductive seal member for an electrochemical cell and to a cell employing same, wherein said seal member is of a unitary construction and includes a pressure vent that ruptures in pressure induced shear.
  • the seal member is in the shape of a disk or wheel, injection molded as a single unit from a suitable electrically nonconductive and deformable material (e.g., plastic), having a centrally located cylindrical hub joined to an outer rim by a base which contains the pressure vent.
  • the pressure vent comprises an annular diaphragm having a thin membrane as a ring depending from its inner periphery and an annular hinge depending from its outer periphery.
  • the rim includes a cylindrical outer wall portion.
  • the seal member comprises a wheel-shaped disk having a centrally located cylindrical hub from which circumferentially depend, in outward radial sequence, an annular pressure vent, an annular flexure means which permits radial inward movement of the rim without affecting the pressure vent, and a rim having a cylindrical outer wall.
  • the pressure vent comprises a thin membrane as a ring circumferentially depending from the hub and joined to the inner periphery of an annular diaphragm, with a hinge as a ring circumferentially depending from the outer periphery of the diaphragm.
  • the diaphragm is substantially thicker than the membrane and focuses or transfers pressure induced stress to the membrane which enables the membrane to rupture primarily in shear when the cell pressure exceeds a predetermined level.
  • the diaphragm also acts as a stress inducer to the membrane. Rupture of the membrane releases the inner periphery of the diaphragm, thereby permitting the diaphragm to bend at the hinge and move in a direction away from the applied cell pressure to vent the cell.
  • the seal member is designed to vent the cell when the cell pressure comes within a predetermined value of the decrimping pressure of the cell.
  • the diaphragm portion of the vent is thick enough so as not to balloon or flex under the pressure to such an extent that will cause the membrane to stretch and fail primarily in tension.
  • the hinge portion is thick enough not to rupture and thin enough to flex and thereby permit upward movement of the diaphragm when the inner periphery of the diaphragm is freed by rupture of the membrane.
  • the plastic seal member of the invention is used in a seal assembly which includes the seal member, a support disk which is pressed against the rim of the seal member for making the seal, an anode current collector, and a metal end cap electrically connected to the collector which acts as the negative terminal of the cell.
  • the invention relates to an electrochemical cell seal assembly employing the seal member of the invention and also to an electrochemical cell containing the seal member.
  • Employing a membrane which ruptures primarily in shear reduces the vent pressure variability as much as fifty percent and also enables its thickness to be increased, thereby making it easier to mold.
  • an injection molded plastic seal member 10 is shown as generally wheel or disk-shaped, having a unitary construction, with a centrally located cylindrical hub 12 from which circumferentially depend, in outward radial sequence, an annular pressure vent 18, followed by an annular boss 26, a downwardly projecting skirt 30, an annular flexure means 38 which permits radial movement, and terminating in a rim which includes an upwardly extending cylindrical wall 40 at its outer periphery.
  • vent 18, boss 26, skirt 30 and flexure means 38 comprise the base portion of the seal member.
  • Pressure vent 18 is the ventable portion of the base and boss 26, skirt 30 and flexure means 38 are the nonventable portion of the base.
  • Hub 12 has an axial bore 14 for receipt of a current collector 102 ( Figure 3) and its longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the plane of the base of the seal member.
  • annular vent 18 is generally planar and comprises (i) a thin membrane ring 22 at its inner edge by which it depends from and is attached to hub 12, (ii) a relatively thick, annular diaphragm 20 and (iii) a hinge member 24 as a ring around the outer edge of the diaphragm by which the diaphragm is joined to annular boss 26.
  • Boss 26 is illustrated as a relatively thick ring.
  • Skirt 30 depends radially outward from the outer portion of boss 26 and extends down to prevent mixing of the anode and cathode components of the cell (e.g., an alkaline cell) as is illustrated in Figure 3.
  • Flexure means 38 circumferentially depends radially outward from the skirt 30 and includes annular V-shaped channel 32 formed by walls 34 and 36.
  • rim 40 depends from the upper portion of wall 36 and contains a plurality of lugs 42 extending radially inward on the interior surface of its thin wall portion 46 for positively securing a metal end cap terminal within as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 and explained in detail below.
  • Circumferential shoulder 48 on the interior surface of rim 40 supports the outer edge of the seal assembly support disk as is illustrated in Figures 2 and 3.
  • a plurality of ribs 52 are shown extending radially outward of the exterior surface on the upper portion of wall 36 and downward from the bottom, exterior shoulder 50 of rim 40.
  • These ribs permit the seal assembly to be inserted into the top of the metal can which serves as the positive terminal of the cell ( Figure 3) and at the same time permit entrained air to escape as the seal assembly is placed in the can so as to avoid expulsion or "pumping" of the electrolyte out of the can during assembly.
  • These ribs are dimensioned so as to achieve a slight interference fit with the interior surface of the metal cell container 122 as is illustrated in Figure 3, so that the seal assembly is held in position in the cell container during assembly and crimping operations. Shoulder 50 on the bottom of rim 40 is shown in Figure 3 as supporting the seal assembly in the cell and maintaining it at the proper distance from the chemical components of the cell.
  • membrane 22 does not gradually increase in thickness to form the thick diaphragm portion 20 of the vent. Instead there is an abrupt increase in thickness as shown, but with a slight taper 21 for ease of molding. Pressure developed in the cell is exerted against the bottom surface of the base portion of the seal, which includes the diaphragm.
  • the diaphragm portion 20 of the vent is made thick enough so as not to balloon or bow upward in an amount sufficient to result in a tensile stress on the membrane which would cause the membrane to rupture and be pulled away from the outer wall of the hub in a tensile failure at the vent actuation pressure.
  • the thicker diaphragm transfers the upward induced pressure stress to the membrane which, in the embodiment shown, is in a direction generally parallel to the surface of the substrate from which the membrane depends and perpendicular to the plane of the membrane.
  • the bottom of the membrane intersects at an angle generally perpendicular to the vertical, cylindrical outer wall of the hub.
  • the diaphragm bows upward under the pressure in an amount sufficient to create a notch stress effect in the membrane at the intersection between the bottom surface of the membrane and the wall of the hub, whereby the membrane ruptures in notch induced shear instead of in tension.
  • the bottom of the membrane is coincident with the bottom surface of the hub and there is no angle between the bottom surface of the membrane and the outer hub wall.
  • the membrane 22 fails primarily in shear, thereby permitting diaphragm 20 to bend upward at hinge 24 and vent the cell.
  • hinge portion 24 of vent 18 may be of the same thickness and width as membrane 22, or thicker if desired. Its dimensions should be such so as not to shear or balloon upward at the vent actuation pressure, but to flex and bend when shear failure of the membrane 22 occurs to permit the main, thick, diaphragm portion 20 of the vent to move upward and vent the cell.
  • the membrane and hinge are of the same thickness and width.
  • the shear area being the total circumferential length times the thickness, is much greater for the hinge since its length is substantially longer than that of the membrane. Accordingly, at a given cell pressure, the pressure stress in terms of force per unit area of shear is substantially greater on the membrane than on the hinge.
  • the actual dimensions of the vent member will depend not only on the desired vent pressure, but also on the dimensions of the vent, its location or distance from the center of the plastic seal, the plastic material used for the seal, etc. and that this must be determined on a case-by-case basis.
  • the disk has an overall O.D. of 33 mm and the overall width of the vent means from the hub to the boss is 3.7 mm.
  • the diaphragm is 0.70 mm thick.
  • the hinge portion is 0.35 mm thick and has a width of 0.27 mm.
  • the membrane is 0.15 mm thick and 0.27 mm wide.
  • the boss is 1.7 mm thick.
  • a similar seal member for a typical AA alkaline cell has an overall O.D. of 14 mm, with the vent being 2 mm wide.
  • the diaphragm is 0.38 mm thick.
  • Both the membrane and hinge portions are 0.19 mm thick and 0.14 mm wide.
  • the membrane is molded with a fillet at the junction between the upper, lower or both membrane surfaces with the vertical, cylindrical wall surface of the hub.
  • the radius of the fillet or fillets (not shown) is as small as possible and does not exceed about 0.05 mm.
  • thermoplastic polymers such as nylon, filled polypropylene, ploysulfone and alloys of various nylons and other materials as olefinic polymers, ABS and polysulfone.
  • Figure 2 is a cut-away view, in perspective, of a cell seal assembly employing a seal of the invention, which in this embodiment is for an alkaline AA cell.
  • Figure 3 schematically illustrates a cross section of an AA cell, one end of which is sealed with the said seal assembly by crimping.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a preferred embodiment in which the seal assembly 100, including the seal 10 of the invention, is preassembled as an integrated part which can be handled as a single element during cell assembly.
  • seal assembly 100 is shown as including a molded plastic seal member 10 of the invention, a metal current collector 102, a metal support member 104, and a metal cap 106 which also functions as one of the electrical terminals of the cell.
  • cap 106 is the negative terminal of the alkaline primary cell.
  • Metal current collectors are commonly referred to by those skilled in the art as nails and such types of current collectors may be used in the practice of the invention if desired. In the embodiment illustrated and described herein, the metal current collector is more like a rivet than a nail.
  • Annular boss 26 of the plastic seal member cooperates with the metal support 104 to prevent ballooning of the base of the seal member under cell pressure, by the upper surface of the boss contacting the lower surface of an annular ring portion 105 (Fig. 3) of support disk 104. This limits upward movement of the boss and hence also limits upward movement of the base of seal member 10, thereby preventing excessive ballooning under pressure which could otherwise cause the membrane to fail in tension rather than shear.
  • Skirt 30 depends from the outer portion of boss 26 and extends downwardly to prevent mixing of the anode and cathode components of the cell (e.g., an alkaline primary cell) as is illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the plurality of lugs 42 extending radially inward from the interior surface of rim 40 positively secure metal cap 106 within, so that the seal assembly can be handled as a single integrated unit during assembly of the cell.
  • cap 106 is placed on top of the lugs and pressed or snapped past the lugs and down into the cavity defined by the wall 40 of the seal member and the top of metal support disk 104.
  • Circumferential shoulder 48 on the interior surface of rim 40 supports the edge of disk 104 during crimping when the seal is formed.
  • a plurality of ribs 52 are shown extending radially outward of the exterior surface on the upper portion of wall and downward from the bottom, exterior shoulder 50 of rim 40. These ribs permit the seal assembly to be inserted into the top of the metal can which serves as the positive cell terminal, while at the same time permitting entrained air to escape as the seal assembly is placed in the can to avoid "pumping" of the electrolyte out of the can during assembly. These ribs are dimensioned so as to achieve a slight interference fit with the corresponding internal wall surface of metal cell container 122 as illustrated in Figure 3, so that the seal assembly is held in position in the cell container during assembly and crimping operations.
  • seal assembly is a preferred embodiment employing a seal member 10 of the invention
  • seal member 10 of the invention those skilled in the art will appreciate that other designs incorporating the seal member of the invention may be employed for the seal assembly, illustrative, but non-limiting examples of which include those types described in the '985 and '602 patents.
  • radial edge 107 of support 104 bites into the interior portion of rim wall 46 of the seal member 10 as shown in Figure 3. It is preferred that the edge 107 of the support compress the wall 46 of the seal member in an amount of at least 25% of the thickness of wall 46 in order to achieve a good seal. Further, metal support 104 is designed as illustrated so that the edge 107 exhibits a spring-like resiliency and maintains a radially outward compressive force on wall 46 to assure that the seal is maintained over a wide temperature range (e.g., about -30 to +80°C) during the life of the cell. Also, it will be appreciated that flexure means 38 permits the rim of the seal member to move radially inward and outward during assembly and crimping operations, and also during temperature fluctuations, without affecting the rest of the base of the seal, including the pressure vent.
  • Metal end cap 106 which is the negative terminal of cell 120 is illustrated in this embodiment as a metal disk having a planar central disk portion 112 which slopes slightly downward towards its center at which is centrally located a downwardly protruding dimple 114.
  • a relatively shallow cylindrical portion 116 depends downward from the outer periphery of 112 , with a flange 117 depending from the bottom of 116, extending radially outward and terminating at its outer periphery in an upward extending rim 118 having a circumferential outer edge 119.
  • this particular end cap construction is a preferred embodiment which is not intended to be limiting with respect to the practice of the invention. Thus other end cap designs may be employed such as that illustrated in the '985 patent.
  • Seal assembly 100 is shown as crimp sealed into the upper end of cell 120 by a permanent bend 140 circumferentially formed in the upper end of the metal cell wall.
  • the crimp forces the cell wall against the outer surface of rim 40 of plastic seal member 10 and bends them both together down and over the edge 119 of metal cap 106 to seal the cell.
  • an inward radial force is circumferentially applied to the outer edge 107 of support 104 during the crimping operation which, due to the design of the support, results in a permanent upward force applied to the central portion of the support, helping to insure physical and electrical contact between the upper end of the anode current collector 102 and the dimple 114 in the end cap 100.
  • Metal anode current collector or nail 102 is shown with the top of its upper portion peened open to rivet metal support 104 firmly in place against the top of hub 12, being prevented from upward movement by a flange 130.
  • the planar upper portion of the end cap 106 is shown in Figure 3 as being dished downwards towards the center for the sake of illustrating the construction of the cap prior to crimping.
  • a radial inward force is applied to the side of the seal assembly which, in this preferred embodiment, results in the assembly being permanently compressed inward.
  • This causes the upper portion of the support to be deflected slightly upward, with the upper end of the current collector permanently pushing the dimple up so that the upper planar portion of end cap terminal 106 is permanently flat.
  • This also results in a permanent upward force by the upper end of the current collector or the dimple which assures a permanent mechanical and concomitant electrical connection between the metal current collector and end cap during the life of the cell.
  • Cell 120 in Figure 3 is meant to be representative of a typical alkaline primary cell having a gelled zinc anode and a MnO 2 cathode.
  • an MnO 2 cathodic material 150 is in contact with the interior surface of metal can 122 and is separated from a gelled zinc anode material 124 by means of electrically nonconductive membrane 126 which also prevents the anodic material from contacting the bottom of the can.
  • Skirt 30 of plastic seal member 10 overlaps the separator and prevents the anodic and cathodic materials from mixing in the cell.
  • Current collector 102 extends into the anodic material as shown in Figure 3 and thereby makes an electrical connection between the gelled zinc anode and the metal end cap terminal.

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  1. Elément d'opercule en forme de disque ou en forme de roue, électriquement non conducteur (10) pour une cellule électrochimique (120) comprenant un moyeu cylindrique, positionné au centre (12) relié à un rebord extérieur (40) par une base qui comprend un orifice de pression annulaire (18), ledit orifice comprenant un diaphragme annulaire (20) ayant un anneau à membrane fine (22) le long de sa périphérie intérieure, ledit anneau à membrane fine étant situé de manière adjacente et contournant ledit moyeu (12) et pouvant rompre par le cisaillement induit par la pression au niveau de sa périphérie intérieure, ledit diaphragme annulaire (20) ayant une articulation annulaire (24) au niveau de sa périphérie extérieure et l'articulation étant conçue pour fléchir lorsque ledit anneau à membrane fine (22) rompt par le cisaillement induit par la pression, caractérisé en ce que la base comprend, en séquence radiale vers l'extérieur, ledit orifice de pression annulaire (18) et un bossage annulaire élevé (26) ayant une paroi intérieure et une paroi extérieure, ladite articulation annulaire (24) étant attachée de manière intégrée à la paroi intérieure dudit bossage annulaire élevé (26).
  2. Elément d'opercule (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'élément d'opercule (10) est d'une construction unitaire.
  3. Elément d'opercule (10) selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel ledit orifice de pression (18) dépend de façon circonférentielle dudit moyeu cylindrique (12) par ledit anneau à membrane (22).
  4. Elément d'opercule (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la base comprend en séquence radiale vers l'extérieur depuis ledit bossage (26) un moyen de flexion (36) destiné à fournir une flexion radiale.
  5. Elément d'opercule (10) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel ledit élément d'opercule comprend un moyen de flexion (36) reliant ledit bossage (26) audit rebord (40).
  6. Elément d'opercule (10) selon la revendication 4 ou la revendication 5, dans lequel la base comprend une collerette (30) qui se projette vers le bas depuis le dessous du bossage (26).
  7. Elément d'opercule (10) selon la revendication 6, dans lequel ledit orifice de pression (18), ledit bossage (26), ladite collerette (30), ledit moyen de flexion (36) et ledit rebord (40), respectivement, dépendent de façon circonférentielle dudit bossage (26) en séquence radiale vers l'extérieur.
  8. Elément d'opercule (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit diaphragme (20) est plus épais que ledit anneau à membrane (22).
  9. Elément d'opercule (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ledit rebord (40) se termine au niveau de sa périphérie extérieure dans une paroi cylindrique (46).
  10. Elément d'opercule (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite paroi de rebord (46) et l'axe longitudinal dudit moyeu (12) sont perpendiculaires au plan dudit élément d'opercule (10).
  11. Ensemble d'opercule (100) pour fermer une cellule électrochimique (120), l'ensemble d'opercule (100) comprenant un élément d'opercule non conducteur (10), un disque de support (104) attaché audit élément d'opercule (10) par un collecteur de courant métallique (102) qui s'étend de manière axiale à travers le centre dudit disque de support (104) et ledit élément d'opercule (10), et une borne d'embout métallique circulaire (106) disposée de manière adjacente audit disque de support (104) dans lequel ledit élément d'opercule (10) est tel que revendiqué dans l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.
  12. Ensemble d'opercule (100) selon la revendication 11, dans lequel ledit bossage (26) coopère avec ledit disque de support (104) pour empêcher un gonflement excessif dudit élément d'opercule (10) sous la pression de la cellule.
  13. Ensemble d'opercule (100) selon la revendication 11 ou la revendication 12, dans lequel ledit disque de support (104) a un bord extérieur s'étendant vers l'extérieur (107) pour faire un opercule contre ladite paroi de rebord (46).
  14. Ensemble d'opercule (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 11 à 13, dans lequel ladite borne d'embout métallique (106) est emboutie vers le bas (114) vers son centre.
  15. Ensemble d'opercule (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 11 à 14, dans lequel ledit bossage (26) coopère avec ledit disque de support (104) pour s'assurer que ledit anneau à membrane (22) rompt par le cisaillement.
  16. Cellule électrochimique (120) comprenant un récipient métallique cylindrique (122) fermé par sertissage à une extrémité avec un ensemble d'opercule (100), l'ensemble d'opercule comprenant un élément d'opercule non conducteur (10), un disque de support (104) ayant un bord extérieur s'étendant vers l'extérieur (107) et qui est attaché audit élément d'opercule (10) par un collecteur de courant métallique (102) qui s'étend de manière axiale à travers le centre dudit disque de support (104) et ledit élément d'opercule (10), l'élément d'opercule ayant un axe central coïncidant avec l'axe longitudinal de ladite cellule (120), dans laquelle ledit ensemble d'opercule (100) est tel que revendiqué dans l'une quelconque des revendications 11 à 14.
  17. Cellule électrochimique (120) selon la revendication 16, dans laquelle ledit bossage (26) coopère avec ledit disque de support (104) pour empêcher un gonflement excessif dudit élément d'opercule (10) sous la pression de la cellule, aidant ainsi ledit anneau à membrane (22) à rompre par le cisaillement.
  18. Cellule électrochimique (120) selon la revendication 16 ou la revendication 17, dans laquelle ledit bord extérieur (107) dudit disque de support (104) comprime ladite paroi de rebord (46) contre la paroi dudit récipient métallique (122) pour former un opercule.
  19. Cellule électrochimique (120) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 16 à 18, dans laquelle ledit ensemble d'opercule (100) contient une borne d'embout circulaire (106) disposée de manière adjacente audit disque de support (104).
  20. Cellule électrochimique (120) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 16 à 19, dans laquelle ledit collecteur de courant (102) effectue un contact physique et électrique avec ladite borne d'embout.
  21. Cellule électrochimique (120) selon la revendication 20, dans laquelle ledit collecteur de courant (102) attache ledit disque de support (104) audit élément d'opercule (10).
  22. Cellule électrochimique (120) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 16 à 21, dans laquelle ledit élément d'opercule (10) est fait de nylon.
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